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Open Access Week 2015 Poster #1, Richard James
Faculty Perceptions Of Open Access Author Fees, Anne E. Rauh
Faculty Perceptions Of Open Access Author Fees, Anne E. Rauh
Anne Rauh
In fall 2013, librarians at Syracuse University and Cornell University surveyed STEM faculty to learn about their experiences with, and perceptions of, open access publishing and the author fees that may accompany that model. The results showed little experience with open access author fees but strong opinions about the open access model. This poster will highlight the cautious optimism found in the results along with suggestions for librarians to further faculty understanding of and participation in open access publishing.
Open Access To Knowledge: Introduction, Sherif K. Shaheen Prof.
Open Access To Knowledge: Introduction, Sherif K. Shaheen Prof.
sherif k. shaheen Prof.
No abstract provided.
Faculty Perceptions Of Open Access Author Fees: A Case Study At Two Universities, Anne E. Rauh
Faculty Perceptions Of Open Access Author Fees: A Case Study At Two Universities, Anne E. Rauh
Anne Rauh
In the fall of 2013, librarians at Cornell University and Syracuse University surveyed STEM faculty about open access author fees. While few authors had decided against publishing in an open access journal due to the author fee requirement, results showed skepticism towards the quality of open access titles, opposition to paying fees from their own funds, and a lack of understanding of how university resources such as library subscriptions are funded. The speaker will take the participants through the case study results and discuss opportunities for librarians and publishers to collaborate on increasing awareness and participation in open access.
Stem Faculty Perceptions Of Open Access Author Fees, Anne E. Rauh
Stem Faculty Perceptions Of Open Access Author Fees, Anne E. Rauh
Anne Rauh
Anne Rauh, Syracuse University, and Jeremy Cusker, Cornell University, surveyed STEM Faculty at their respective universities about perceptions of OA author fees in October 2013. Reponses suggested that faculty were concerned about predatory publishing and unwilling to accept any costs for publishing. This talk will briefly cover the survey results, conclusions drawn from it, and suggestions for librarians communicating about OA moving forward.
Open Access: A Model For Sharing Published Conservation Research, Peter D. Verheyen, Priscilla Anderson, Whitney Baker, Beth Doyle
Open Access: A Model For Sharing Published Conservation Research, Peter D. Verheyen, Priscilla Anderson, Whitney Baker, Beth Doyle
Peter D Verheyen
The conservation field has articulated the importance of publishing our research to disseminate information and further the aims of conservation. Article X of AIC’s Code of Ethics states that conservators should “contribute to the evolution and growth of the profession, a field of study that encompasses the liberal arts and the natural sciences” in part by “sharing of information and experience with colleagues, adding to the profession’s written body of knowledge.” Our Guidelines for Practice state “the conservation professional should recognize the importance of published information that has undergone formal peer review,” because, as Commentary 2.1 indicates, “publication in peer-reviewed …
Open Access Publishing: Government/Institutional Policies And Librarian Roles, Paul G. St-Pierre
Open Access Publishing: Government/Institutional Policies And Librarian Roles, Paul G. St-Pierre
Paul G. St-Pierre
Slides from guest lecture for LIS 9130: Information Policy
Publishing Open Access E-Journals: Leveraging An Outreach Opportunity, Laura Edwards, Linda Sizemore, Kelly Smith
Publishing Open Access E-Journals: Leveraging An Outreach Opportunity, Laura Edwards, Linda Sizemore, Kelly Smith
Linda Sizemore
Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Libraries began exploring the institutional repository (IR) landscape in 2009 with the intention of publishing electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), journals, special collections, images, videos, sound files, or anything else that would fit a need for us. The hosted systems we examined were effective as either platforms for displaying special collections or platforms for managing publishing processes. However, we didn’t find a system that did both of those things well.
Scholarship At Uwindsor: Showcasing And Open Access To Windsor Research, Dave Johnston
Scholarship At Uwindsor: Showcasing And Open Access To Windsor Research, Dave Johnston
Dave Johnston
The main point of my presentation today is to introduce you to the Scholarship at UWindsor institutional repository, launched by the Leddy Library last November, and to talk about what we’ve be doing so far. However, before I get there it I think it is important to give you some background on the motivations behind this new service as it relates to open-access and scholarly publishing.
The Political Economy Of Scientific Publishing: An Annotated Bibliography, Paul G. St-Pierre
The Political Economy Of Scientific Publishing: An Annotated Bibliography, Paul G. St-Pierre
Paul G. St-Pierre
This annotated bibliography examines elements of the political economy of academic publishing, especially in scientific disciplines where economic sustainability has been threatened by the entry of commercial publishing into the dissemination of research findings. Several themes are explored: the emergence of markets as the central organizing principle of modern economies; the capitalist enclosure and commodification of scientific communication that has occurred in the past forty years; the conservative nature of the academic reward structure, as seen in faculty collective bargaining agreements with respect to promotion and tenure, that inhibits constructive change in the publishing system; the importance of peer review …
Faculty Views Of Open Access And Open Data Initiatives, Deborah H. Charbonneau
Faculty Views Of Open Access And Open Data Initiatives, Deborah H. Charbonneau
Deborah H. Charbonneau
The National Science Foundation (NSF) now requires faculty researchers and scientists to submit a data management plan along with grant proposals. Further, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) enacted the Public Access Policy requiring peer-reviewed publications resulting from NIH funding to be submitted to PubMed Central. Yet, faculty perceptions and experiences with compliance related to these federal policies remain relatively unexplored. The aim of this study was to ascertain faculty attitudes about these policies and to also identify roles for positioning librarians as leaders on campus in supporting compliance with these initiatives, policy awareness, copyright issues, and data management practices. …
The Enclosure And Alienation Of Academic Publishing: Lessons For The Professoriate, Wilhelm Peekhaus
The Enclosure And Alienation Of Academic Publishing: Lessons For The Professoriate, Wilhelm Peekhaus
Wilhelm Peekhaus
This paper interrogates and situates theoretically from a Marxist perspective various aspects and tensions that inhere in the contemporary academic publishing environment. The focus of the article is on journal publishing. The paper examines both the expanding capitalist control of the academic publishing industry and some of the efforts being made by those seeking to resist and subvert the capitalist model of academic publishing. The paper employs the concepts of primitive accumulation and alienation as a theoretical register for apprehending contemporary erosions of the knowledge commons through the enclosure effects that follow in the wake of capitalist control of academic …
Open Access @ University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Yuan Li
Open Access @ University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Yuan Li
Yuan Li
This poster was accepted and displayed in Berlin 8th Open Access Conference from Oct.24 to Oct. 26, 2010, at Beijing China. The poster showcases open access initiatives at University of Massachusetts Amherst.